Note: The Z Tree is a dwarf cypress. It lives by the main road reaching from Everglades National Park’s Visitor Center to Flamingo. No one knows the age of dwarf cypress trees, but they are at least 100 years old and most likely several times more. Growing on a substrate of marl and limestone they are stunted by a lack of nutrient rich soil. There, their grow is slow, allowing them to attain no more than seven feet. Conifers, they loose their leaves during Florida’s dry winter season and leaf out again when spring brings welcome rains.